Confabulario And Other Inventions
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Author | : Juan José Arreola |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2010-06-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0292792190 |
This biting commentary on the follies of humankind by a noted Mexican author cuts deeply yet leaves readers laughing—at themselves as well as at others. With his surgical intelligence, Juan José Arreola exposes the shams and hypocrisies, the false values and vices, the hidden diseases of society. Confabulario total, 1941–1961, of which this book is a translation, combines three earlier books—Varia invención (1949), Confabulario (1952), Punta de plata (1958)—and numerous later pieces. Although some of the pieces have a noticeably Mexican orientation, most of them transcend strictly regional themes to interpret the social scene in aspects common to all civilized cultures. Arreola’s view is not limited; much of his sophistication comes from his broad, deep, and varied knowledge of present and past, and from his almost casual use both of this knowledge and of his insight into its meaning for humanity. His familiarity with many little-known arts and sciences, numerous literatures, history, anthropology, and psychology, and his telling allusions to this rich lode of fact, increase the reader’s delight in his learned but witty, scalding but poetic, satire.
Author | : Juan José Arreola |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Animals |
ISBN | : |
Imaginative and satirical stories, fables and vignettes, including a "Bestiary" in which man is seen through the characteristics of animals.
Author | : Verity Smith |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 1781 |
Release | : 1997-03-26 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 113531425X |
A comprehensive, encyclopedic guide to the authors, works, and topics crucial to the literature of Central and South America and the Caribbean, the Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature includes over 400 entries written by experts in the field of Latin American studies. Most entries are of 1500 words but the encyclopedia also includes survey articles of up to 10,000 words on the literature of individual countries, of the colonial period, and of ethnic minorities, including the Hispanic communities in the United States. Besides presenting and illuminating the traditional canon, the encyclopedia also stresses the contribution made by women authors and by contemporary writers. Outstanding Reference Source Outstanding Reference Book
Author | : Eladio Cortes |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 815 |
Release | : 1992-11-24 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0313368996 |
This volume features approximately 600 entries that represent the major writers, literary schools, and cultural movements in the history of Mexican literature. A collaborative effort by American, Mexican, and Hispanic scholars, the text contains bibliographical, biographical, and critical material--placing each work cited within its cultural and historical framework. Intended to enrich the English-speaking public's appreciation of the rich diversity of Mexican literature, works are selected on the basis of their contribution toward an understanding of this unique artistry. The dictionary contains entries keyed by author and works, the length of each entry determined by the relative significance of the writer or movement being discussed. Each biographical entry identifies the author's literary contribution by including facts about his or her life and works, a chronological list of works, a supplementary bibliography, and, when appropriate, critical notes. Authors are listed alphabetically and cross-referenced both within the text and the index to facilitate easy access to information. Selected bibliographical entries are also listed alphabetically by author and include both the original title and English translation, publisher, date and place of publication, and number of pages.
Author | : Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 1999-07-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0195130855 |
This collection brings together 53 stories that span the history of Latin American literature and represent the most dazzling achievements in the form. It covers the entire history of Latin American short fiction, from the colonial period to present.
Author | : Verity Smith |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 2060 |
Release | : 1997-03-26 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1135314241 |
A comprehensive, encyclopedic guide to the authors, works, and topics crucial to the literature of Central and South America and the Caribbean, the Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature includes over 400 entries written by experts in the field of Latin American studies. Most entries are of 1500 words but the encyclopedia also includes survey articles of up to 10,000 words on the literature of individual countries, of the colonial period, and of ethnic minorities, including the Hispanic communities in the United States. Besides presenting and illuminating the traditional canon, the encyclopedia also stresses the contribution made by women authors and by contemporary writers. Outstanding Reference Source Outstanding Reference Book
Author | : Britannica Educational Publishing |
Publisher | : Britanncia Educational Publishing |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2013-06-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1622750152 |
Contemporary literature encompasses so many genres, literary forms, and themes that it would seem almost impossible to identify a unifying thread between them. Yet in the tradition established by literary heavyweights who came before, modern writers of all stripes and backgrounds have continued to entertain and to confront the social, cultural, and psychological realities of the timesincluding everything from racial identity to war to technologywith their own flair and insight. The diversity of authors profiled hereinfrom Toni Morrison to Sylvia Plath to Stephen King to David Foster Wallaceattests to the scope and complexity of modern society.
Author | : John Clute |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 1110 |
Release | : 1999-03-15 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780312198695 |
Like its companion volume, "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction", this massive reference of 4,000 entries covers all aspects of fantasy, from literature to art.
Author | : John Carlos Rowe |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 739 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0195131509 |
John Carlos Rowe, considered one of the most eminent and progressive critics of American literature, has in recent years become instrumental in shaping the path of American studies. His latest book examines literary responses to U.S. imperialism from the late eighteenth century to the 1940s. Interpreting texts by Charles Brockden Brown, Poe, Melville, John Rollin Ridge, Twain, Henry Adams, Stephen Crane, W. E. B Du Bois, John Neihardt, Nick Black Elk, and Zora Neale Hurston, Rowe argues that U.S. literature has a long tradition of responding critically or contributing to our imperialist ventures. Following in the critical footsteps of Richard Slotkin and Edward Said, Literary Culture and U.S. Imperialism is particularly innovative in taking account of the public and cultural response to imperialism. In this sense it could not be more relevant to what is happening in the scholarship, and should be vital reading for scholars and students of American literature and culture.
Author | : Deborah N. Cohn |
Publisher | : Vanderbilt University Press |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0826518044 |
How the dissemination of Latin American literature in the U.S. was "caught between the desire to support the literary revolution of the Boom writers and the fear of revolutionary politics" (John King).